Cintorino To Coach Central Football

June 04, 1992|By GEORGE SMITH; Courant Staff Writer

Central Connecticut assistant football coach Sal Cintorino, a first-team Division II All-America player for the Blue Devils in 1984, will be named coach of his alma mater at a 10 a.m. press conference today at the New Britain school.

Cintorino, 30, has been an assistant coach at Central for six seasons. He succeeds Mike McGlinchey, who resigned last month to become coach at Frostburg State (Md.).

Cintorino was chosen over four finalists, including three alumni, Virginia assistant coach Rick Lantz ('63), Upsala (East Orange, N.J.) coach and athletic director Mike Walsh ('77) and Northern Arizona assistant John Skladany ('71). The fifth candidate was baseball coach George Redman, who has been at Central 23 years, including 16 as an assistant football coach.

Southington connection Former Southington High players Chris Petersen, Mark Sobolewski and Dave Majeski were selected this week in the Major League Baseball amateur draft.

Petersen, a junior shortstop at Georgia Southern, was taken by the Chicago Cubs in the ninth round, Sobolewski, a senior outfielder at Florida Southern, was drafted by the Oakland A's in the 20th round and Majeski, a senior outfielder at the University of Florida, was picked by the Milwaukee Brewers in an undisclosed round